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Real Estate Sales Representative - Dan Olivas and Associates
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RECENT BLOG POSTS
Who says the real estate market in El Paso is bad? This week I have been working with 3 buyers- 2 from out of town and one in town buyer. The first buyer is a military doctor being transferred to Ft Bliss from Hawaii-that must have been a shock! He was going to rent but decided that he could have...
08/11/2010
Here are some great stats that I would like to share about El Paso that I got when I attended the State if the City luncheon the other day. Did you know that El Paso #1 City where Americans are getting richer(median pay rose in El Paso by 19.4% since 2006, handily outpacing the 8% national growth...
07/08/2010
is anyone besides me having nightmare loans with the major loan companies. I am beginning to hate them all and will do my best to stick to the local lenders that don't lie to you and tell you "next Friday for sure" and then let you know that it is still in underwriting. @%^&((&$*&
06/18/2010
Well El Paso had one of its "Free Facial Weather Days" the other day and by that I mean that it was a dirty, gritty ,windy  day and by the end of the day when you wash your face you get a free facial scrub. Since we don't have hurricanes, tornadoes, or earth quakes, I don't mind some wind!! The r...
03/29/2010
As the year draws to an end, I am grateful that our market has not been as terrible as other areas of the country. Our unemployment rate is at about 9.5% and that is just a little bit higher than the state of Texas.Home sales are not bad, considering what is happening across the country. November...
12/21/2009
The real estate market in El Paso, TXis humming right along. Interest rates are still low and there seems to be alot more buyers out there right now. El Paso and most of Texas is not in the slump (thank goodness) that alot of parts of the rest of the country are in currently. Prices are remaining...
09/09/2009
After trying to catch up from almost 5 days in DC, I am back to normal now. I am still waking up at 4:30 AM in El Paso thinking it is 6:30 in DC but oh well, I guess I am ok with that, just starts my day a little earlier! If you are ever in a town that had Duck Tours, I would suggest that you tak...
05/19/2009
I just got our market report for March 09 for our Multiple Listing Service for homes in El Paso, TX and we were up over Feb 09. In Feb 332 homes were sold and in March 435! And that is for a down economy. The average sales price for March of 08 was $154,44...
04/16/2009
I attended the Fort Bliss Housing Seminar last week and boy was it informative. Our  Congressman Sylvestre Reyes was there as well as people from Freddie Mac and Fannie May and numerous Generals from Ft Bliss and people from the housing office. We know that we will be short in the number of units...
04/16/2009
I attended the Fort Bliss Housing Seminar last week and boy was it informative. Our  Congressman Sylvestre Reyes was there as well as people from Freddie Mac and Fannie May and numerous Generals from Ft Bliss and people from the housing office. We know that we will be short in the number of units...
04/13/2009
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